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as in tanned
having a healthy reddish skin tone
was flush after getting out of the hot bath
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as in plane
having a surface without bends, breaks, or irregularities
the flush paneling on the door gives it a very plain and dull look
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as in energetic
having active strength of body or mind
a flush, healthy man of 65
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as in wealthy
having goods, property, or money in abundance
she's very flush now that she has her inheritance
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as in filled
possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified
a field flush with flowers
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as in adjacent
having a border in common
the front yard's floral border is flush with the sidewalk
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as in blush
a rosy appearance (of the cheeks)
looked for a flush on her cheeks as evidence of a fever
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as in bloom
a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement
was in the flush of his youth
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as in burst
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling
a flush of patriotic pride
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Recent Examples of flush
PC Magazine, 29 Mar. 2025
The old economy still holds sway in a few places — legacy media companies that didn’t get devoured by the internet, film studios that remain flush with cash.
—Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, the flood of pandemic-era stimulus money, which kept the state flush the past few years, has dried up.
—Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2025
Karina Garcia, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately for Cincinnati, eight innings of quality baseball were flushed down the toilet as Gibaut surrendered the lead in a nightmare ninth inning.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Cooling configurations up to 111mm thick will fit between the reversed bracket and a graphics card, though users who want to make their cooler appear flush with the motherboard should target a total thickness of 79mm.
—PC Magazine, 29 Mar. 2025
The old economy still holds sway in a few places — legacy media companies that didn’t get devoured by the internet, film studios that remain flush with cash.
—Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
Airflow continues to move bacteria around, and germs can linger in toilet water for multiple flushes.
—Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, the flood of pandemic-era stimulus money, which kept the state flush the past few years, has dried up.
—Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
Even the two newest locks, built in 2016, only reuse about 60% of water on each transit – 40% is flushed to avoid saltwater from the oceans intruding into the watershed.
—Karina Garcia, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately for Cincinnati, eight innings of quality baseball were flushed down the toilet as Gibaut surrendered the lead in a nightmare ninth inning.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
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Plus this episode also delivers peak unhinged Lex while he's stranded on an island post-plane crash and suffering from malaria, which leads to a moment that teases his natural killer instincts that he's kept so well hidden from Clark, and the world, so far.—
Christian Holub,
EW.com,
16 Oct. 2021
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But those cars were powered by pushrod engines with conventional cross-plane cranks.—
Rich Ceppos,
Car and Driver,
2 Oct. 2022
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The energy rises as the wrestler and the rapper take energetic strides and bounce to the ring.—
Shaheem Reid,
Variety,
19 Apr. 2025
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Our sun cycles through its pattern of energetic activity every 11 years, but the technology scientists use to observe is advancing at a faster pace.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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He’s haunted by killing wealthy villain B.J. Vines (John Diehl) in Season 2, and the Ye’iitsoh has been plaguing him.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2025
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One of its largest individual donors this election cycle is Chris Larsen, a wealthy tech investor who founded a large cryptocurrency company.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2025
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At the same time, California’s energy policies may present opportunities in adjacent sectors—such as EV infrastructure, battery storage, or renewable fuels.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Authorities on Sunday were investigating after a single-engine plane crashed into a road and an adjacent field near Mattoon, Illinois, killing all four occupants.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2025
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And a lot of it. Applying an overly generous amount of blush has emerged as the trend of the 2020s, primarily as a way to make a statement with even the most subtle makeup.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration is trying to force a deal on Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelensky that would make the imperialists of the past blush, writes columnist Jackie Calmes.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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The phenomenon gets its name from the bloom of the creeping phlox flowers that occurs in early spring, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2025
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After blooms have faded from your hyacinth, remove the flower spike.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Apr. 2025
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All the nervous energy that had built up at American Airlines Center was released in a burst of delirious joy.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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The Hubble Space Telescope's recent deep-dive into Andromeda has been able to track the disorder in M31 that the merger left in its wake: streams of stars cannibalized from the galaxy eaten by M31 and producing a burst of star formation.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Once the egg is empty, rinse the inside of the egg to remove any remaining membranes.—
Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Apr. 2025
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Who doesn’t rinse out (and ideally wash) a filthy blender filled with milky stuff?—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Flush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flush. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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